2006 Honda Odyssey

MY WIFE LEFT WORK AND DROVE HOME, APPROXIMATELY 2MILES, AND ADVISED SHE SMELLED/SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISE THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. LOCAL FIRE INSPECTOR INVESTIGATED AND ADVISE THE SOURCE OF IGNITION WAS IN THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF THE REAR A/C UNIT AND PBC. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY RESPONDED THAT "IF YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY DOES NOT SUBROGATE, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO." THE RECENT SERVICE ON THE VEHICLE WAS AN OIL CHANGE AND NEW TIRES APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR. *TR

TRANSMISSION SHUDDER ON MY 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. MILES IS ABOUT 86000, TOOK VAN TO HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BAD SERVICE MANAGER SAID THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR SHUDDER PROBLEMS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLES WEIGHT WAS NOT MATCHED TO THE TRANSMISSION PROPERLY IN DESIGN. SHUDDER HAPPENS AT ABOUT 30-40 MPH WITH A LIGHT ENGINE LOAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPD, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND HE HEARD A SCREECHING AND WINDING NOISE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FURTHERMORE, HE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN DRIVING DOWN HILL AND TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 41,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000.

THE SLIDING DOOR OF MY ODYSSEY (TOURING) MODEL WILL NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. SIMILAR TO ANOTHER COMPLAINT, THE DOOR GETS CLOSE TO BEING CLOSED, BUT WILL NOT CLOSE EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE VAN IS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN WITH THE SLIDING DOOR OPEN. THIS FIRST HAPPEN AT ONLY 29K MILES AND CONTINUED TO HAPPEN PERIODICALLY UNTIL I TOOK IT TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP WHO COULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP (THAT WAS ABLE TO FIX IT) SHOWED ME THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW OF THE "CENTER ROLLER" FOR THE SLIDING DOOR. THIS IS A PART LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE DOOR ATTACHING IT TO THE VAN'S BODY. THERE ARE TWO PLASTIC ROUND PARTS THAT ACT LIKE BALL BEARING ROLLERS, AND THEY BECOME OUT OF PLACE CAUSING THE DOOR'S ALIGNMENT TO BE OFF. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE DOOR NOT TO CLOSE ALL THE WAY. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE PERSON SAID IF HONDA SPENT $8 MORE ON MAKING THESE ROUND PARTS METAL INSTEAD OF PLASTIC, THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THE REST OF THE CENTER ROLLER PART IS MADE OF METAL. HE SAID THAT ONE ODYSSEY A WEEK COMES TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS PROBLEM OF THE DOOR NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE DUE TO THE CENTER ROLLER. *TR

2006 HONDA ODYSSEY - POWER STEERING PUMP. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WHINES, BUZZES, OR HUMS AND INTERMITTENTLY BECOMES VERY HARD TO STEER. MECHANIC SAID POWER STEERING PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAS SEEN THIS MANY TIMES ON 2005-07 ODYSSEYS. LOCAL HONDA DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THAT HONDA HAD NOT ISSUED A RECALL. *TR

THE SUPPORTS FOR THE REAR LIFTGATE/HATCHBACK ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN FAILED CAUSING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE REAR GATE TO STRIKE THE HEAD OF OUR 11-YEAR OLD CHILD. THE FAILURE OF THE REAR-GATE OCCURRED OCCASIONALLY AT FIRST CAUSING HEAD INJURIES TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY TO OTHERS UNEXPECTANT OF THE SUDDEN FAILURES. NOW, IT FAILS EVERYTIME THE GATE OR REAR HATCH BACK IS USED. *TR

2006 HONDA ODYSSEY ROTOR BRAKES PROBLEMS! IN THE PAST 4 YEARS I HAVE REPLACED MY ROTOR BRAKES AND PADS 2 TIMES! HONDA DID A COURTESY REPLACEMENT IN 2007 AFTER COMPLAINING TO THEM THAT THE BRAKES ARE MAKING SCREECHING SOUNDS AND WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT JUST AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR THE ROTOR BRAKE IS WARPED. LAST OCT 2009, DURING SERVICE CHECK THEY SAID THE ROTOR BRAKE IS CRACKED/WARPED AGAIN AND WE NEED TO REPLACE IT AND THEY CANNOT COVER I HAD TO PAY. I USED THE VAN FOR WORK ( 8 MILES ONE -WAY). I COMPLAINED TO HONDA DCH OXNARD AND TOLD THEM THAT THE ROTOR BRAKE AND PADS WAS JUST REPLACED IN MID 2007 AND HOW A VAN THAT IS JUST USED FOR WORK COULD HAVE ITS ROTOR BRAKES FAIL IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. THEY GAVE A LAME EXCUSE. PLEASE HELP. *TR

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILING. NOTHING LEADS UP TO THIS, JUST THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. THE ISSUE IS MAINLY AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN TRYING TO PARK - THE POWER STEERING JUST STOPS WORKING. WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED AND NEW FLUID ADDED. WHEN TAKEN TO MECHANIC, TOLD MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE SAME ISSUE AS WELL AS WELL DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING APPROX. 10 TO 15 MPH, HE COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BUT HE HAD TO FORCE IT TO TURN. NO WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS A NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE STEERING PUMP AND THE RESERVOIR WHICH WILL COST $800 FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT TOLD THE DEALER HE WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY THAT EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AT LEAST THREE TIMES BUT STATED THE MILEAGE WAS OVER THE WARRANTY AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.